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gone verb [ ɡɒn ]

• past participle of go1.

gone adjective

• no longer present; departed.
• "you were gone a long time"
Similar: away, absent, off, out, not present, non-attending, truant, missing, lacking, unavailable, in absentia, AWOL, past, gone by, over, over and done with, no more, done, dead and buried, finished, completed, ended, forgotten, extinct,
Opposite: present, extant, here,
• having reached a specified time in a pregnancy.
• "she is now four months gone"

gone preposition

• (of time) past.
• "it's gone half past eleven"

go verb

• move from one place to another; travel.
• "he went out to the shops"
Similar: move, proceed, make one's way, advance, progress, pass, walk, wend one's way, travel, journey, repair, remove, retire, betake oneself,
• leave; depart.
• "I really must go"
Similar: leave, depart, take one's leave, take oneself off, go away, go off, withdraw, absent oneself, say one's goodbyes, quit, make an exit, exit, set off, set out, start out, get going, get under way, be on one's way, decamp, retreat, beat a retreat, retire, make off, clear out, make oneself scarce, slope off, run off, run away, flee, make a move, make tracks, shove off, push off, clear off, beat it, take off, skedaddle, scram, split, scoot, up sticks, pack one's bags, sling one's hook, vamoose, hightail it, cut out, abstract oneself,
Opposite: arrive, come, stay,
• intend or be likely or intended to be or do something (used to express a future tense).
• "I'm going to be late for work"
• pass into or be in a specified state, especially an undesirable one.
• "the food is going bad"
Similar: become, get, turn, grow, come to be, wax,
• proceed or turn out in a specified way.
• "how did the weekend go?"
• be harmonious, complementary, or matching.
• "rosemary goes with roast lamb"
Similar: match, go together, be harmonious, harmonize, blend, suit each other, be suited, complement each other, be complementary, coordinate with each other, be compatible,
• (of a machine or device) function.
• "my car won't go"
Similar: function, work, be in working order, run, operate, be operative, perform,
• contribute to or be put into (a whole).
• "considerable effort went into making the operation successful"
• (of an article) be regularly kept or put in a particular place.
• "remember which card goes in which slot"
Similar: be kept, belong, have a place, be found, be located, be situated, lie, stand,
• (of a song or account) have a specified content or wording.
• "if you haven't heard it, the story goes like this"
• use a toilet; urinate or defecate.
• "he had to go but couldn't, because she was still in the bathroom"
Origin: Old English gān, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gaan and German gehen ; the form went was originally the past tense of wend.

be gone on

• be infatuated with.
"I knew he was awfully gone on you"

gone away!

• a huntsman's cry, indicating that a fox has been started.



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